Daniel Lawlor, P.Eng Email & Phone Number

Brantford, Ontario

Kitchener, Canada Area

• Planned and managed tooling, equipment and machine requirements for cabinet shop & cable assembly departments during the construction and layout of the new Cambridge manufacturing facility.
• Designed plant layout and work cell layout for cabinet shop & cable assembly departments in accordance to 5s principles in a job shop manufacturing setup implementing Kanban methodologies.
• Internalized wire harness assembly manufacturing that was previously outsourced, reducing their cost up to 40%.
• Designed wire harness electrical test systems integrated into their assembly form board, allowing QA checks to be done inline, reducing the number of operations and lead time by 14%.
• Designed, prototyped, procured and maintained fixtures, jigs, drill templates, router guides and vacuum forming molds for secondary and tertiary manufacturing operations in cabinetmaking across all production models.
• Participated in NPI design reviews and advised on decisions from a ‘DFM’ and tooling optimization perspective.

Mississauga, Ontario

• Overhauled packaging inspection station by standardizing inspection procedures and reject classification; resulted in removing emergency inspection protocols and reversing the process bottleneck allowing a throughput.
• Developed process simulation models to compare production floor results with optimal production throughput.
• Conducted time studies to feed into simulation models to aid in line balancing and work cell reorganization.
• Implemented operator training procedures and verified training effectiveness through ANOVA Gauge R&R analysis.

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

• Designed mechanical drivetrains implemented in semi-automated press equipment for the activation of pressure sensitive adhesives in the electronics assembly industry.
• Refurbished and retooled press assemblies from reclaimed equipment.
• Prepared designs, drawings, quotes and BOM’s for RFQ package requests from clients.

Cambridge, Ontario

• Designed efficient, practical, safe and well thought-out electro-mechanical test systems used to verify functionality of returned cell phone sub-components to kick-start and support a $10M cost-savings initiative.
• Developed efficient solutions for test fixtures through mechanical design & key component selection by incorporating ‘Design for Manufacturing’ and ‘Design for Repairability’ principles into the core design.
• Developed proprietary electrical test platforms through electrical circuitry design in conjunction with microcontroller programming to achieve a complete and turnkey solution.
• Prototyped test systems to verify design theory is achievable and cost effective.
• Conducted design reviews to demonstrate developed solutions and design intent.
• Managed vendor selection through RFQ’s and managed vendors during tester fabrication.

Oakville, Ontario

• Developed designs for tools and guides from concept to completion while incorporating the requirements of senior engineers on staff, production line lead hands and line operators.
• Designed guarding for plastic extrusion lines to guard operators from pinch points and high-speed cutters.
• Collaborated with in-house and external machine shops to submit/receive RFQ’s and conduct vendor selection & management to successfully fabricate and implement prototypes.
• Updated plant layout diagrams to adhere to ISO 14001 and OHSA requirements for internal and external audits.

Master Of Business Administration, Operations Management

Bachelor Of Engineering & Management Co-Op, Mechanical Engineering